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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Does patient self-management education of primary care professionals improve patient outcomes: a systematic review

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion code

English papers

Non- English papers

Eng

Adults (18+)

Study population < 18

Age

Primary Care/Community

Secondary Care/Hospital

Not PC

Chronic conditions, chronic illness, chronic disease, non-communicable disease (NCD)

Acute conditions

Acute

Study Type- Systematic reviews, meta- analysis, RCTs, controlled clinical trials, interrupted time series. Controlled before and after studies

Study Type- Qualitative studies, populations studies, surveys, cross sectional, uncontrolled before and after studies (cohort)

Study

Education and training of primary care Health Professionals for patient education in promoting change, behaviour change, lifestyle change, patient engagement, patient empowerment, motivational skills, patient collaboration, patient adherence and compliance, Patient self-management, decision making, patient problem- solving

Not education/training of health care professionals

Int

Not primary care health professionals

Pop

Primary outcome measures not included

Out

Direct patient education only

Edu

Continuing education / CME / Lifelong learning / Evidence based medicine

Guideline adherence, clinical performance

Guid

All studies published to September 2013

Organisational interventions

Org

Financial changes and incentives

Fi

Regulatory interventions

Reg